India, Nov. 10 -- Healthcare AI startup Froncort.AI has secured $2.3 Mn (Rs.21.5 Cr) in fresh capital from Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, to scale its AI-powered disease surveillance and detection platform.

The support also includes $200K in Google Cloud credits and pro bono technical expertise from Google's AI specialists.

The funding will help Froncort.AI develop mAI-NETRA, a mobile version of its public health platform AI-NETRA, which uses AI, satellite imagery and government health data to identify higher risk areas for catching infectious diseases. It also guides frontline health workers towards targeted screenings.

The startup is among 15 organisations selected globally for Google.org's Impact Challenge: AI for Governmen...